Cops: Asheville woman used beer can in assault

ASHEVILLE – An Asheville woman is facing charges in Black Mountain after police say she assaulted another woman with a beer can and possessed a stolen vehicle.

Terra Lea Bridges Tesner, 42, was charged Sunday with assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a stolen vehicle and making harassing phone calls, according to warrants at the Buncombe County magistrate’s office.

Tesner is accused of using an unopened 16-ounce beer to assault a woman, “by holding the victim by her hair and bashing her head, repeatedly, with the full beer can,” according to warrants.

Black Mountain police made the arrest.

Tesner is being held at the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $6,000 secured bond.